Ricky Starks

Birth Name: Richard Starks

Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.

Date of Birth: February 21, 1990

Ethnicity: African-American

Ricky Starks is an American professional wrestler. He is known for his work in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and NWA (National Wrestling Alliance). He is also known as ‘Absolute’ Ricky Starks.

Ricky was raised by a single mother along with his two siblings. He has spoken about being a victim of discrimination, due to being a light-skinned Black person:

I was in fights constantly…I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen people who are surprised by them finding out that I’m Black … It does suck. People online are real ignorant about the way that somebody should be looking, and that used to get to me really bad.